In Volkswagen case, American prosecutors take aim at the employees, not just corporation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six high-level Volkswagen employees from Germany have been indicted in the U.S. in the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal as prosecutors made good on efforts to charge individuals in a corporate corruption case. But bringing them to trial in the U.S. is another matter. In announcing the federal charges and a corporate plea bargain [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:56:08-04:00Tuesday, January 17, 2017|

VW engineer pleads guilty in emissions case, will cooperate

DETROIT (AP) — A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company’s emissions cheating scandal and has agreed to cooperate in the widening criminal investigation. James Robert Liang, 62, of Newberry Park, Calif., entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud [...]

By |2017-04-24T10:06:57-04:00Tuesday, September 13, 2016|
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